Shapiro earned his B.A. from the University of Rochester in 1995. He went on to receive his J.D. from Georgetown University Law in 2002.

Shapiro worked as a Legislative Assistant to United States Senator Carl Levin from 1995 to 1996. He then worked as Senior Advisor to United States Representative Peter Deutsch from 1996 to 1998 and as Senior Advisor to Senatro Robert Torricelli from 1998 to 1999. From 1999 to 2003, he was Chief of Staff for United States Representative Joe Hoeffel. He has worked as an attorney for Ballard, Spahr, Andrews and Ingersoll, Limited Liability Partnership since 2003.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Shapiro was appointed to these committees: